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TELL US: Where Does Bedford Need a New Sidewalk?

Members of Transportation Advisory Committee recently presented a possible sidewalk project for Concord Road to the Selectmen.

 

 

At the Selectmen meeting on Dec. 3, members of the Transportation Advisory Committee presented a plan for a potential future sidewalk project on Concord Road between Casesar Jones Way and Hardy Road.

The North Road sidewalk project is drawing to a close, and conversation is starting about Bedford's next sidewalk construction project.

So we want to know: Where do you think Bedford most needs a new sidewalk? Let us know in the comment section below. 

Related Topics: Sidewalk

David Shamlian

12:07 pm on Saturday, December 15, 2012

The next sidewalk project should be on Hemlock Lane! Lots of high speed cut-through traffic, especially during morning & evening commutes. Lots of New Hampshire plates on vehicles. Kids & walkers have difficulty negotiating this confrontation of vehicles. Look, even the town knows this is an arterial street, It has painted a Double Solid Line in the middle of the street for years!
Thanks for Listening, David Shamlian, 14 Hemlock Lane.

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Christopher Gambon

3:41 pm on Saturday, December 15, 2012

David, interesting observation about the out-of-staters using Hemlock as a cut-through.

Joy Wilson

3:10 pm on Saturday, December 15, 2012

South Road needs an extension to the soccer fields.

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Christopher Gambon

3:42 pm on Saturday, December 15, 2012

Joy, just got an email from another reader echoing this point. A sidewalk on South Road would also provide a walking route for families to Bedford Center.

Wendy Cordero

6:48 pm on Saturday, December 15, 2012

Definitely South Road. I always see kids, including my own, who walk on South Rd to get home. At night, that road is very dark. I don't see the kids walking until The last minute. Not safe at all.

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Becky Weber

7:26 am on Monday, December 17, 2012

I completely agree on a South Road sidewalk. The road is so dangerous to walk on. We could walk to school, the center of town, and get to the bike path easily.

David Amaral

10:24 pm on Saturday, December 15, 2012

Very small stretch on Concord Rd. between Bonnivale & Slheraton. Just a block but when walking to Davis school we need to walk on neighbors lawns to stay off Concord rd.

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Christopher Gambon

10:56 am on Sunday, December 16, 2012

Would a sidewalk on this stretch of Concord Road connect to the existing sidewalk network?

Hillary DeMello

7:31 am on Monday, December 17, 2012

I would love to see a sidewalk on Old Billerica Road between the condo complex and the bridge over rt. 3.

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Lori Shah

2:23 pm on Monday, December 17, 2012

If the road has a double yellow line it needs a sidewalk. Our town is not too big. We should be able to walk from just about anywhere to the center but instead neighborhoods are isolated. I would start from the center of town and work outward on any roads with double yellow lines.

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Christopher Gambon

2:36 pm on Monday, December 17, 2012

Lori, out of curiosity, does the bike path provide any sort of cut through for pedestrians?

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